Serafini, Marco 1956-

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Marco Serafini

Anticipating the Identification of Contradictions in Eco-design Problems(
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Abstract: Eco-improvement tools aim at identifying the most critical areas of a product life cycle, thanks to eco-assessment
techniques like LCA. The designer is then encouraged to intervene by modifying the product or the manufacturing process characteristics.
However, even a slight change of the product life cycle can seriously affect other parts of the cycle itself. Usually, this
influences are hard to predict. Only an expert of LCA could effectively anticipate the major repercussions of a life cycle
alteration. However, with the introduction of abridged aLCA, life cycle analysis has become a tool for the common designer,
which usually doesn't have the expertise to identify the great number of interdependences involved. In these cases, the designer's
efforts in reducing product environmental impacts can be ineffective or even counterproductive. This paper proposes a method
and tool, called contradiction prompter, which integrates TRIZ in Life Cycle Assessment. Once environmental criticalities
are defined by LCA, a set of guidelines are suggested to intervene on the product. The contradiction prompter collects a set
of predefined typical contradictions that can arise when adopting a specific guideline. This can limit the typical trial and
error approach and reduce the risk of ineffective redesigns. The framework has been clarified through an exemplary case study,
dealing with the redesign of a moped wheel